Riley Finn

Riley Finn is a male television character who features in Buffy-Angel.

Biography

Riley Finn

Prior to 1999, Riley joined the military, and was trained in special operations before being selected to join the Initiative. The Initiative was a secret government military organization located in Sunnydale aimed at researching the demons that inhabited it because of its Hellmouth. Their headquarters were underneath UC Sunnydale, where Riley and the other soldiers masqueraded as students. By the time he started to graduate school, Riley was already one of the Initiative's high-ranking soldiers and thus led a double life, both a secret agent and a college student residing at the Lowell House. His two friends and fellow initiative agents, Forrest and Graham, as well as many other operatives resided in the Lowell House and used it to enter the Initiative via a secret passage. He was also the assistant teacher to psychology Professor Maggie Walsh, who was one of the leading scientists at the Initiative. (Episode: The Initiative) Whilst there, they fed him drugs that enhanced his physical attributes. (Episode: The I in Team)

At the beginning of the 1999 school year, he met freshman Buffy after she accidentally dropped her textbooks for Introduction to Psychology on his head. (Episode: The Freshman) The two then on continued to share an unspoken attraction to each other. He realized his feelings for her after he punched Parker for making inappropriate comments about Buffy. (Episode: The Harsh Light of Day) While Riley did his best to keep Buffy from finding out his secret life, Buffy also wrestled to keep her secret life as the Slayer. They both came by each other during their duties when the vampire Spike, named "Hostile 17" by the Initiative, escaped and attempted to kill Buffy's friend Willow, but could not because of the behavior-modification circuitry. During a simultaneous rescue, Buffy and Riley got into a fight in Stevenson Hall but failed to notice each other because Riley was wearing a military face mask, hiding his face while Buffy purposely covered the room in a blinding smoke by firing a flare gun. (Episode: The Initiative)

The truth eventually came out when a group of demons called the Gentlemen stole everyone's voices, leading Buffy and Riley to catch each other on the job. They quickly worked together to defeat them, killing several of the Gentlemen's footmen. Riley saved Buffy with his taser blaster and Buffy signaled to him to break the box containing the voices. (Episode: Hush)

Buffy and Riley fought demons together and continued saving each other's lives and the world, although Riley was never quite let into her inner circle. While he suggested Buffy to the Initiative, where her skills impressed him and Maggie Walsh, Buffy's tendency to ask questions and inability to follow protocol led to irritate Professor Walsh. After Buffy and Riley hunted down a Polgara demon, the two had sex for the first time, also being the first time for Buffy to wake up after sleeping with someone and that person still being right by her side. However, Professor Walsh watched them while they were in the act via a surveillance camera, and she soon attempted to get Buffy killed with a faux mission and a faulty taser gun. (Episode: The I in Team)

Notes

• Riley Finn was created by Joss Whedon where he was portrayed by actor Marc Blucas and featured in the Buffy-Angel universe.

Appearances

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer:

External Links

• Buffy Wiki Entry
• Wikipedia Entry

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